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冥 means 'dark'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 2524   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-47    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 27 words   Used in 44 words   Used in 20 names   Component in 10 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   メイ   ミョウ
Additional readings
Kun    くらい dark
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⿳  冖 cover; covered  日 sun; day  六 six  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 冥 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 冥 is used 37 times, read 3 ways.
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メイ : 25 words FIND ALL
め い ふ く 0
noun
happiness in the next world
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ミョウ : 10 words FIND ALL
み ょ う り 1
noun
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
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くらい : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
Hades; underworld; realm of the dead; other world
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冥
メイ   ミョウ    dark   
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冖
cover; covered   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
六
ロク   むっつ six   むつ    むい    む    
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